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manure

N ปุ๋ยธรรมชาติ  ปุ๋ยคอก  ปุ๋ย ที่ ทำ จาก มูลสัตว์  drug organic fertilizer pui-tam-ma-chad

 

manure

VT ใส่ปุ๋ย คอก  fertilize sai-pui-kok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MANURE

v.t.[L. manus, hand, and ouvrer, to work, L. operor.] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till.
[In this sense not now used. ]
2. To apply to land any fertilizing matter, as dung, compost, ashes, lime, fish, or any vegetable or animal substance.
3. To fertilize; to enrich with nutritive substances.
The corps of half her senate
Manure the fields of Thessaly.

 

MANURE

n.Any matter which fertilizes land, as the contents of stables and barnyards, marl, ashes, fish, salt, and every kind of animal and vegetable substance applied to land, or capable of furnishing nutriment to plants.

 

MANURED

pp. Dressed or overspread with a fertilizing substance.

 

MANUREMENT

n.Cultivation; improvement. [Little used. ]

 

MANURER

n.One that manures land.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MANURE

Ma *nure ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring. ]Etym: [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure. ]

 

1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs. ] To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.

 

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak.

 

MANURE

MANURE Ma *nure ", n.

 

Defn: Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.

 

MANUREMENT

Ma *nure "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. manouvrement.]

 

Defn: Cultivation. [Obs. ] W. Wotton.

 

MANURER

MANURER Ma *nur "er, n.

 

Defn: One who manures land.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

manure

ma nure |məˈn (y )o͝or məˈn (j )ʊ (ə )r | noun animal dung used for fertilizing land. any compost or artificial fertilizer. verb [ with obj. ] apply manure to (land ): the ground should be well dug and manured. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the sense cultivate (land )): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer (see maneuver ). The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

manure

ma ¦nure |məˈnjʊə | noun [ mass noun ] animal dung used for fertilizing land. any compost or artificial fertilizer. verb [ with obj. ] apply manure to (land ). ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the sense cultivate (land )): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer (see manoeuvre ). The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

manure

manure noun spread composted manure over the strawberry plants: dung, muck, excrement, droppings, ordure, guano, cow pats; fertilizer; informal cow chips, road apples, horse apples, buffalo chips, cow-pies, cow patties, cow flops; turds, scat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

manure

manure noun dung, muck, droppings, ordure, guano, cowpats; N. Amer. informal cow chips, horse apples; vulgar slang shit, crap.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

manure

ma nure /mən j ʊ́ə r /名詞 U (牛馬のふんなどの )肥やし, 肥料 (!時に化学肥料と混ぜられる ) .動詞 他動詞 土地 〉に肥やしをやる .